New Delhi: After facing severe criticism from the Opposition over coal blocks allocation, the Manmohan Singh government has decided to put mines allocation on hold till the bill is passed, according to sources. Sources further said that Manmohan Singh wants the Attorney General to be consulted again on coal blocks allocation. The Opposition has stalled Parliament for almost a weak, after a CAG report suggested that there was a lost...
04:00 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: While the government has claimed that there is no loss due to coal blocks allocation, the BJP on Saturday slammed the UPA government and alleged that it is misguiding the nation by such statements. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said once coal blocks are allotted then the right to mine is with the private companies and government has no say. Jaitley...
02:47 PM, Aug 25, 2012
The Opposition continued to stall Parliament for the fourth consecutive day even as the government got aggressive on the issue of coal blocks allocation. ...
11:16 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Friday put up its strongest defence with regard to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the coal blocks allocation saying there was no question of a loss as the coal was not yet mined and was still inside "Mother Earth", even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued to stall Parliament on the fourth consecutive day. The attack by the UPA government was...
10:18 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Friday said that the auction of 54 coal blocks would not be possible this year because of the long process involved in it. "It (the allocation of coal mines through competitive bidding route) would not be possible this year," Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told reporters in New Delhi. "Our government believes in transparency. All the coal blocks (to be allocated through auction route) were identified,"...
04:57 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Parliament was paralysed yet again for the third straight day as the BJP stalled both the Houses demanding the PM's resignation over the CAG report on the coal allocation. ...
11:57 PM, Aug 23, 2012
BJP leader Arun Jaitley has said that the Opposition needs to ensure that the government acts on the CAG report on coal blocks allocation. ...
11:36 PM, Aug 23, 2012
For the third day in a row, Parliament remained paralysed over the CAG report on coal allocation. While the Congress went on the offensive on Thursday, the BJP stuck to its demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...
11:06 PM, Aug 23, 2012
For the third consecutive day, Parliament was stalled as politicians quarreled over their response to the CAG report. ...
10:40 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: With the deadlock continuing in Parliament between the Government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the CAG report on coal allocation, the Monsoon Session seems to be going down the drain. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha had to be adjourned for the third consecutive day on Thursday resulting in a loss of Rs 6 crore. Cost of running Parliament is Rs 25 lakh per hour....
05:20 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Public Accounts Committee on Thursday adopted the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports on coal blocks allocation, power and Delhi airport. The three reports were tabled in Parliament for discussion last week. The CAG report on coal had put the presumptive loss to the government at Rs 1.86 lakh crore, which was much bigger than the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The report had also raised questions on...
04:57 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) on Thursday said it would decide its strategy on the coal block allocation issue on the basis of a statement Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may make in Parliament on the matter. Unlike the principal opposition BJP, CPI(M) has demanded a clarification from Singh after CAG said the coal block allocations by the government had led to extending undue benefits of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to private parties....
04:56 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: With the impasse in Parliament continuing, Government on Thursday reached out to the main Opposition with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde meeting BJP leader Sushma Swaraj after which he hoped the matter could be resolved by Monday. "Yes, I have talked to her a little bit," Shinde said outside Parliament while referring to his meeting with the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Asked by when the...
04:39 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Atomic Energy Regulatory Board on Thursday said that India has had no radiation safety police in the last three decades. The damning report comes close on the heels of its reports on coal allocations, power projects and Delhi airport. Observing that Pakistan and a number of other countries had conferred legal status to their nuclear regulators, the CAG on Wednesday...
02:12 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: The all-party meeting called by Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Hamid Ansari to end the Parliament deadlock over the CAG report on coal block allocations was inconclusive on Thursday. The BJP remained adamant on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation and the party is of the view that after the coal blocks report there is no question of letting Parliament function until its demands are met. According to...
11:59 AM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: Power Minister Veerappa Moily has questioned the credibility of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) saying its findings could trigger policy paralysis. "Today, we find a lot of credibility gap in that report, because it is far from reality. I think this report is without proper study and research. Perhaps, you know, they will be precipitating a policy paralysis in the government. I think they will...
08:48 AM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: As Parliament remained stalled on Wednesday for the second successive day on coal blocks allocation issue, key UPA ally and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee suggested an all-party meeting to end the logjam. Making the suggestion at the UPA Coordination Committee meeting held here this evening, sources said, she said the Lok Sabha Speaker should be requested to take the initiative to convene the all-party meeting. Her remarks...
12:14 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said that demanding PM's resignation was uncalled for, claming nothing was wrong in allocation process. ...
08:15 PM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Opposition managed to stall Parliament for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, creating a furore over coal blocks allocations and demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. While the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairperson appealed to the MPs to let the House function, the Opposition would have none of it. Shouting slogans and chanting 'PM must resign', the MPs rushed to the well of the...
02:28 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the BJP had skeletons in its own cupboard and that's why it was shying away from a proper discussion on the issue. ...
10:21 AM, Aug 22, 2012
